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| The th character is that known as a thorn, and was originally derived from a runic character and used in Old English. The second form of y is a particularly English character known as a yogh, which supposedly represents a sound intermediate between y and g. No, I can't work out exactly what that would sound like either! |
| A poem Holy Meditation (British Library, Egerton 3245, f.193). All images by permission of the British Library. |
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